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XDA 2 Carkit

Has anyone seen a photo of the base connector for the new XDA, it would be kind of nice if it fits my existing car kit ( Not much chance of that)
Can anyone help
Thank you
Paul Jones

Not the photo. I have tried to connect xdaII (dummy) to my car kit! it works just fine.

Thanks for the feedback Andrej, maybe I wont have to junk my carkit at the moment !! :lol:
Regards
Paul Jones

I am very sure that the Xda II will use a different carkit to the existing Xda - someone at O2 told me this.
I am in a similar situation - I think I will try to sell my Xda carkit now!

Hi
I do nit have a car Kit but I suspect as the XDA II has and SDIO slot and the XDA does not, then whilst they may 'fit' they may not function correctly.
Cheers
Ric

It will not be compatibel!
There will be a new Car Kit for MDA II

Is that going to be the same for other accessories? E,g GPS, keyboard etc?

If the socket is the same then maybe there is a possibility of a rewire to match up the io interface.

Parrot CK-3000 V3.00 Works Well With XDA II
I tested Parrot CK-3000 Works well with XDA II

The XDA II works fine in an XDA Full Carkit with the following exceptions:
The phone does not automatically switch on when you insert it into the cradle (the XDA did).
The phone is a slightly tighter fit in the cradle (its thicker) but still fits fine. The top clip of the cradle does not come all the way down but rests on the top of the XDAII, which is also fine.
I use it daily and have no problems.
As a point, all my XDA peripherals work with my XDA II including my Foldable Keyboard.

I can second this.......just received my MDA II and everything works fine with the carkit: Handsfree phone, GPS, Power.......
It is a bit tight, but I heated up the bottom of the carkit with a blower till it became soft and then put in the MDA II and let it cool down. Now it is quite workable without having to buy a new carkit........

xda II car kit has plugin for gps devices, so is slightly different. Got this from the blurb on www.o2.co.uk/xda
Carkit
To use your device in the car - or truck - you need to install a fully wired and properly mounted carkit, as mandated by recent UK Legislation.
These units are not provided with aerial kits - these are separately provided by the carkit installer and are appropriate to your vehicle.
These carkit's are especially designed to fit Xda and Xda II respectively, and is built to integrate with most modern car connectors. In addition, the Xda II carkit supports direct connection of a GPS unit - such as that provide by TomTom Navigator - allowing you to use Xda as a navigation system.
Xda Carkit - AHTXDAKN - £176.50

We have not seen ANY existing XDA II carkits yet, so we cannot judge to soon.
At the moment all the photo's referring to the carkit from the providers are the XDA I carkit.
This carkit always had the GPS external connection, I have been using it for almost a year now with TomTom and a Holux GM 210 mouse. I have cut the XDA connector and connected the appropriate wires to the GPS mouse......works like a charm, also with the New MDA II.
Look at my review I wrote almost a year ago (It's in Dutch, but you can throw a webtranslator over it if you want to):
http://www.pocketpc-club.nl/content.php?id=1319

Re: Parrot CK-3000 V3.00 Works Well With XDA II
ronlkh said:
I tested Parrot CK-3000 Works well with XDA II
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Hi
I am thinking about buying a CK3000 but was worried that there may be a Bluetooth compatibility issue (like there is with some Bluetooth GPS systems at the moment Tom Tom + Navman apparently). Is your CK3000 working fully with the XDA 11 via Bluetooth as a Handsfree System i.e. sound through your car speakers, mute the stereo when a call comes in etc? Do you know of a supplier who will also install/configure it?
What else would I need besides the CK3000 - A XDA 11 Passive Holder and a Cigar lighter Charger?
Any help advice you can give me is very much appreciated.
Steve Grunnill

The parrot CK3000 has a Handsfree and a headset profile.
The XDA/MDA 2 only has a headset profile.
So as long as the carkit has a headsetprofile also, it will work...

Why not use the XDA II with the speaker phone enabled ??

Have you tried it ?
it's hard to quickly enable, and it's not loud enough...

Car charger seems ok...
I immediately tried my xda car charger in my xda II and it fits and seems to work in that the orange charging light comes on.
But could I be doing some damage that I am unaware of? (Incidentally some people refer to a cradle: my car charger is not a cradle...)

No the pinlayout of the XDA and MDA/XDA 2 are the same...

Has anyone found a car cradle for the XDA II (hardwired not BT). I have searched several sites an I cannot find anything. Surely there must be enough users for a company to warrant the development

Which Bluetooth Headsets work properly with MDA II?

Hi Everybody,
just got I kind of christmas gift from my company. Now I would like to by the most suitable BT Headset for the MDA II. I ogled already with Jabra BT 200 but I'm not sure. Which one do you redommend?
CU MC

I bought a Sony Errocson HBH-35, it isn't cheap.... but it's comfortable to wear, has great audioquality, 100 Hrs standby, 4-5 Hrs speaktime...
And more important : It worked ever since the first time i bonded it and has been ever since... No matter how i lost connection, out-of-range, softreset MDA, shutoff Headsetprofile, shutoff Headset itself, putting either of them on charge....
As soon als both are available again, they re-connect
And it automaticly transfers the phone conversation to the headset if available...
You don't get any extra features though, it works just as a wired headset, but without cables... But that's more the problem of the XDA/MDA II ...
[Edit: some silly typo's]

I have a HBH-35 which works fine every time even after switching both headset and I-mate off.
I tried with a Jabra and had many problems mainly due to having to have to re-bond all the time.
The HBH-35 may not be the most "modern" but has good battery, quality of sound is excellent and works!! with the I-mate.
Dave

Bluetrek BT headset
The Bluetrek is apparently highly recommended by others but has anybody tried it with XDAII?
Currently on sale for $39 at eCost below:
http://www.ecost.com/ecost/shop/detail.asp?dpno=8053

I have a Bluespoon Digital.
It works really well after you get used to it.
Its tiny, and takes a bit of practice to put in your ear but once you have the nack, its awsome.
10 grams, you can barly feel the weight and it is really easy to hear as the speaker is actually inserted in your ear and blocks out other sounds.
I'm very happy with it.
I also like the way the XDA allows you to take the call on the headset or the phone when it rings.
www.nextlink.to
Jon

MichaelCornelius said:
Hi Everybody,
just got I kind of christmas gift from my company. Now I would like to by the most suitable BT Headset for the MDA II. I ogled already with Jabra BT 200 but I'm not sure. Which one do you redommend?
CU MC
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I´m actually using a JABRA 200 BT Headset for 2 weeks and it´s quite perfect.
The batteries are ok, it´s a pleasure to wear it.
On distances over 5m you can hear dropouts in the speaker, but that might be normal.
So I´m happy with it, especially when I use it in the car.

i have a question. i have an imate and a I95cl nextel (non bluetooth-for work)... is their a bt headset that i can use for both? sorry iam new to this ... they say that jabara bt200 has a non bluetooth headset that works on both non 2.5 mm and bt phones ... so 1. can i use at the same time 2. switch ????

I tried bonding my wife's Sony Ericsson HBH-30 with my Xda II, seems to work fine, not sure if it the best though.

bernhard74 said:
I´m actually using a JABRA 200 BT Headset for 2 weeks and it´s quite perfect.
The batteries are ok, it´s a pleasure to wear it.
On distances over 5m you can hear dropouts in the speaker, but that might be normal.
So I´m happy with it, especially when I use it in the car.
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Hi! Now Im testing Jabra 300BT with my XDA II, but I have a problem
Im reset Jabra and set headset to "bonded mode". My XDA II searcing New Device ask me access code to Jabra connection (0000). After adding new device XDA II detect a Headset profile in new bonded device and ask me: using it or no? Im answer Yes! Of course! And.... this is finish. All device work without Voice channe... If im trying make call XDAII work without Jabra What l make wrong? Help please anybody !

Hve you set the Bluetooth Headsetprofile to "enabled" on the MDA ?

My BT headset
I use the Cellink mini bluetooth headset (BTHS6023 - http://www.cellink.com.tw) with my QTek 2020 (aka XDA II, iMate etc.) and it works ...
Cheers,

yes, that is the actiontec bluetooth mini headset, I just purchased before christmas from BestBuy. It seems to work well, and is nice and light. I modified it by removing the earpiece (that goes behind the ear) and put a jabra eargel over the speaker (fits good) and that works well. The headset is very lightweight even with the eargel it only weighs 15g.

I am using a Jabra BT 250 which is working perfectly with the 1.60 rom....
I had issues with re-bonding with the original 1.05 rom.
It would be even better if the advanced headset features like voice-dial would be working........

Plantronics M3000 or Cellink 6023 (same as so B-Speech?)
Hi,
I heard some people saying that the Plantronics M3000 BT headset is not compatible with the MDAII although T-Mobile Germany is selling it as accessory and says it is working :? Has anybody tried to bond a Plantronics M3000 with the MDAII?
Question: is the Cellink 6023 the same (it looks absolute identically) like the B-Speech headset :?:
Chris

Re: Plantronics M3000 or Cellink 6023 (same as so B-Speech?)
BlueMoon2510 said:
Hi,
Has anybody tried to bond a Plantronics M3000 with the MDAII?
Chris
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I have and it works without a glitch. Obviously, some features of the M3000 don't work but, this is down to the bluetooth stack on XDA II.

Anyone Used the Jabra Freespeak 250 BT headset with an XDA2
I just bought one online. Not yet received it.
I hope its not going to be a complete nightmare when I get it.
Anyone have any experience of using Jabra kit with the XDA II
Rom Version 1.03.00 USA
Radio Version 1.05.12
Steve

MDA2 with the Nokia HDW-2 BT , bonding but no sound ...
I'm using my MDA2 with the Nokia HDW-2 BT , they bond but I get no sound on the Nokia earphone. Anybody knows the answer ?

no problems with the hbh-200 from sony ericsson, only the caller id functions aren't working yet.

I have purchased a Jabra 200 Freespeak but can't get it to connect to my XDA 11 - anyone got any helpful advice ?
Thanks

I bought a Jabra Freespeak 250 yesterday, works fine, pairs with no problems and maintains the pairing after turning the unit off, resetting the unit or turning the headset off and on.
Not as difficult as I thought it would be
Steve

Which GPS for XDAII

Hi!
I have browsed through the board and some websites concering GPS kits for the XDAII and I am even more confused than before.
Can anybody give me a suggestion about which GPS Device works good with the XDAII and which card software is to be preferred?
I want to use my XDAII as a navigation system in my car and I am from germany (if that does matter somehow).
Thanks alot!
Dominik

Hi,
I would say: Emtac Bluetooth GPS Receiver...
http://www.emtac.com/
This one is really great!
Combine this with XDA II + Bluetooth Tools + Emtac BTGPS is the best solution for GPS...
Greetings,
Sam

Navman 4410
navman 4410 with bluetooth gps receiver, works perfect,
BUT if you go for the fixed version, go for the t-mobile carkit for €199,- to get from the german t-mobie stores, this is the BEST DEAL arround. you get the carkit, plus the sat-nav software, plus the gps receiver.
OK its build in, but a very strong deal

If you have a BT gps do you still not have to plug it in to the car cigar lighter so to some extent is it not still hardwired?
Or
Do you just use alot of batteries

Navman 4410
My navman BT Gps has batteries which are good for 30 hours, but can still plug it in the cigarete lighter if I am in the car. so multiple options
The good thing of this one is, when I am in town by foot or train, I can still use the gps.
That is so perfect

Is the Emtec BT GPS the same one as made by Socket comms but just with a different badge, because i know this as a GPS is probley the most sensitive GPS i have ever used and its excellent where other GPS dont see any or only a few sats, this one still works fine
John

That is rubbish
My navman, sees in the UK at least 8 sats

How to Ad TMC Information without a additional GPS

Hello to all around here,
has anyboy a hardware solution to add the TMC signal to the advice without buying a new gps receiver?

tmc adapter
there are "GNS FM TMC Transmitter" avaiable
just look at ebay and ask the seller
if they´re compatibel with the mini usb connection of the wonderful
trinity.
cost are about 40-60 €
have not tried for myself, but heared that it should work
greetings

Hi span_od,
If you ask for a "TMC upgrade" for a wired external GPS, just look at the device from AVANTEQ. You find it at http://www.avanteq.de/eng/beat-the-traffic-with-vio-tmc-receiver.html.
This device is just plugged into the cable between PDA and GPS and adds TMC-information to the GPS data. It is compatible to various navigation systems like NAVIGON, iGO, Destinator and fits with all external GPS having RJ11 or PS2connector.
I am using it with my HP2210 as well as my LOOX N500 since three months and it works really fine . Have encountered nearly any traffic problem since then. It is really worth the 79EUR I paid for.
Is this what you were looking for?
Best Regards
Jakob

Can I use TYTNII or any other GPS-enabled phone as bluetooth GPS receiver?

I have Mapking on both my TYTN II and PC and I want to use the one on my PC for navigation as the screen is bigger.
How can I set up my TYTN II as a GPS receiver to be used together with the PC version of Mapking? There is absolutely no help file on this at all. I don't want to spend extra money buying bluetooth GPS receivers.
Any experts here? Please help.

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I have Mapking on both my TYTN II and PC and I want to use the one on my PC for navigation as the screen is bigger.
How can I set up my TYTN II as a GPS receiver to be used together with the PC version of Mapking? There is absolutely no help file on this at all. I don't want to spend extra money buying bluetooth GPS receivers.
Any experts here? Please help.
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GPSGate is one solution, I think there is another one but I don't know the name offhand.